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What is GSAT-11 - Heaviest Indian communication satellite ?

A top officials and engineers's team of ISRO stationed in the Guiana Space Centre, South America is going to launch the heaviest Indian communication satellite, GSAT-11.

The satellite having a weight of 5,854 kg is almost double the biggest one built or launched by ISRO to date, it will ride up on European launch vehicle Ariane 5 ECA. The satellite and the launch fee have cost ISRO INR 1,200 crore.

GSAT-11 is part of ISRO's new family of high-throughput communication satellite (HTS) fleet that will drive the country's Internet broadband from space to untouched areas.

GSAT-11, along with two HTSs - GSAT-29 (November 14) and GSAT-19 (June 2017) already up in space will provide high-speed Internet data services at the rate of 100 Gbps (Gigabits per second) to Indian users.